History
The first peoples who inhabited the region were the Chichimeca nations, the name given by the Mexicas to a group of native peoples who inhabited the center and north of the country. The losses suffered by the Spanish conquistadors in the region due to the Chichimecas attacks led them to respond with a war tactic of ethnocide. They brought to the Altos de Jalisco rural Castilian militiamen, some of them of French descent, led in the High Middle Ages to repopulate central Spain. However, there were also Portuguese, Italians and natives of Flanders, who had previously fought against Turks and Moors. These peasant soldiers established themselves with patterns of private property and with a Catholic ideology, mixing with some Chichimecas who had remained.Geographical description
Location
Valle de Guadalupe is located in the northwestern part of Jalisco, at coordinates 20° 57' 45" to 21° 07' 35" north latitude and 102° 34' 00" to 102° 50' 00" west longitude, with heights between 1,800 and 2,000 meters above sea level. The municipality borders to the north with the municipalities of Cañadas de Obregón and the municipality of Jalostotitlán ; to the east with San Miguel el Alto; to the south with the municipalities of San Miguel el Alto and Tepatitlán de Morelos; to the west with the municipalities of Tepatitlán de Morelos, Yahualica de González Gallo and Cañadas de Obregón.References
* Populated places in Jalisco {{Jalisco-geo-stub